Comment 15 for bug 131865

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Khorne (szczygiel-piotr) wrote : Re: [Bug 131865] Re: package flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Today I've tried to update to version ubuntu7 from verision ubuntu5. It
was impossible due to an error:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.prerm: 28: Syntax error: "do"
unexpected (expecting ";;")
dpkg: warning - previous script pre-removal returned error code 2
dpkg - trying to run script from new package...
prerm called with argument `failed-upgrade'
dpkg: processing error
/var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.0ubuntu7_i386.deb
(--unpack):
 subproces new pre-removal script returned error code 1
/var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.postinst: 107: Syntax error: "do"
unexpected (expecting "fi")
dpkg: error during cleaning environment:
 subproces post-installation script returned error code 2
Processing errors:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.0ubuntu7_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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I've translated it from Polish.
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It was impossible even to remove old package due to it's bad condition.
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Piotr Szczygieł